I first wrote about the Bose Sport Earbuds way back in June 2019. Back then, Bose was calling them the Earbuds 500 and I got to try on a nonworking prototype. At long last, more than a year later, they’re about to hit stores. At $179 (£180, AU$300), they’re the more affordable, non-noise-canceling alternative to Bose’s …
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Apple’s new AirPods Pro spatial audio feature is here, and it lives up to the hype
When I first updated my iPhone 11 Pro to iOS 14 to try out Apple’s new spatial audio feature, I was a bit mystified. “Not sure what’s going on,” I wrote a colleague. “I seem to have the new firmware [3A283] on AirPods Pro. It says I have spatial audio. But what some people are describing I’m not experiencing. Restarting …
Read More »The Beats Solo Pro is $100 off
I gave Beats’ Solo Pro on-ear noise-canceling headphones high marks but thought they were a little too pricey at $300 and was disappointed that they didn’t come with a cable for wired listening for that price. Well, now they’re down to $200 in certain colors (red, blue and sky blue), which is about the lowest price we’ve seen for them. …
Read More »Garmin’s rearview bike radar review: Eyes for the back of your head
8.3 Garmin Varia RTL515 Cycling Rearview Radar $200 at Target $200 at Amazon Get Price Alerts $200 at Best Buy You’re receiving price alerts for Garmin Varia RTL515 Cycling Rearview Radar Like Identifies approaching cars from up to 140m away integrated tail light Easy to install on seatpost Seamlessly connects with Garmin and Wahoo cycling computers, as well as Garmin’s …
Read More »Bose Sleepbuds 2 awake from battery nightmare, refreshed
Fans of Bose’s Sleepbuds rejoice: Your favorite sleep earbuds are back in a next-generation model featuring “demonstrably better noise masking,” according to Bose. It’ll also come with new categories of content to combat your inability to relax. The Sleepbuds 2 arrive Oct. 6 for $250 (£230, AU$380), the same price as the original Sleepbuds, which were discontinued last year following …
Read More »Jabra Elite 85t earbuds coming soon, Elite 75t getting free noise
There seems to be a new set of noise-canceling true wireless earbuds announced every week. Not to be outdone by the long-awaited Bose QuietComfort Earbuds detailed earlier this month, today Jabra unveiled the Elite 85t ($229, £220, AU$349), due to hit stores on Nov. 1. But the company also has a surprise for current Jabra Elite 75t and Elite Active 75t owners: …
Read More »The new Logitech MX Anywhere 3 may be the best portable mouse ever
Last September Logitech unveiled the MX Master 3 ($100), the third generation of its premium home/office mouse. Now, a year later, we get the MX Anywhere 3 ($80, £65, AU$130), the third iteration of its premium “mobile” mouse — and it may just be my favorite Logitech mouse yet. The MX Anywhere 3 comes in a couple of versions. There’s …
Read More »Bose enters gaming market with QuietComfort 35 II Gaming Headset
Bose’s QuietComfort 35 II headphones are among the most comfortable noise-canceling headphones ever made, so it’s not surprising that Bose has converted them into a gaming headset, with the addition of a “noise-rejecting” boom microphone and PC desktop controller. What is a little surprising is that Bose didn’t make its new QuietComfort 35 II Gaming Headset sooner as a lot …
Read More »Last chance: Get Jabra’s excellent Elite 75t earbuds for just $120 at Best Buy
Jabra typically runs some deals in the back-to-school time frame and Best Buy currently has a nice discount on the company’s Elite 75t true wireless earbuds, which earned an CNET Editors’ Choice Award in November of last year. They’re on sale for $150 but if you follow the instruction below, you can bring the price down to $120, which is $60 …
Read More »Bose Frames get a 2020 makeover: New and improved $250 audio sunglasses out now
In 2018, Bose introduced a couple of pairs of audio sunglasses with tiny speakers embedded in each temple that sounded surprisingly decent given that they’re sunglasses and not headphones. Now the company has refined the concept, adding three new Frames to its eyewear line, including a new sport model, the Tempo, that features larger drivers in a lighter chassis that …
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